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Item Ships From: Australia
Pair of Egyptian Sphinxes in Rosso with Black, Wedgwood, circa 1820
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A pair of winged, seated sphinxes in rosso with black decoration. Exhibited: Wedgwood, Master Potter to the Universe, Roche Foundation, 2023. The Egyptian winged sphinx is a variat...
Category

Early 19th Century English Egyptian Revival Antique Australia - Decorative Objects

Materials

Stoneware

Mid-Century Modern Italian Ashtray in Black Murano Glass, 1960s
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
Murano ashtray in gray/black glass. Has a little chip on the bottom but still a beautiful pieces.
Category

1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Australia - Decorative Objects

Materials

Murano Glass

Mid-Century Modern Italian Geisha Sculpture in Green Murano Glass, 1960s
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
Murano green Geisha in Murano glass in a vivid green color. In style Mid century Modern from Italy Murano 1960s.
Category

1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Australia - Decorative Objects

Materials

Murano Glass

Figure, Mercury, Bow Porcelain, circa 1748
By Bow Porcelain
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
He wears a winged helmet and sandals, a loosely draped pink, white, and yellow washed cloak over a short tunic, and leans arrogantly against bales, his message sack over his left sho...
Category

Mid-18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Australia - Decorative Objects

Materials

Porcelain

Decorative Basket, Bow Porcelain Factory, circa 1760
By Bow Porcelain
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A pierced basket standing on a well-formed rococo base. Perhaps for potpourri, although the internal decoration suggests another use. We think probably oranges, chestnuts, etc. Pr...
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Mid-18th Century English Rococo Antique Australia - Decorative Objects

Materials

Porcelain

Bincentenary Wine Cooler, Wedgwood, circa 1950
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Two handled vase in creamware, with moonstone glaze and platinum lustre decoration. Designed by Louise Powell for the bicentenary of Wedgwood’s birth. ...
Category

Mid-19th Century English Arts and Crafts Antique Australia - Decorative Objects

Materials

Earthenware

Pair of figures: Jupiter and Juno, or Zeus and Hera. Bow Porcelain C1752
By Bow Porcelain
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
She stands barefoot, wearing a long-sleeved robe in white, deep pink and washed pale yellow and partly edged with gold; a red and gilt-topped sceptre in her right hand, an outsize pe...
Category

1750s English Neoclassical Antique Australia - Decorative Objects

Materials

Porcelain

Cradle with Infant, Bovey Tracey, circa 1790
By Bovey Pottery
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A very fine example in creamware of an infant swaddled and lying in its crib. These miniature representations served various purposes: Decorative objects: Miniature models of infa...
Category

Late 18th Century English Primitive Antique Australia - Decorative Objects

Materials

Earthenware

Rococo Style Miniature Longcase Clock, Mahogany Case, circa 1870
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
An attractive Rococo style miniature longcase clock, circa 1870. The waisted polished mahogany case adorned with decorative brass mounts. The ...
Category

1870s British Rococo Antique Australia - Decorative Objects

Materials

Wood

English Gilt Bronze Strut Clock with Decorative Filigree Face, circa 1880
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
An attractive Victorian English gilt bronze strut clock, circa 1880, in the manner of Thomas Cole. The case decorated with floral scrolls and surmounted by an empty cartouche, the de...
Category

Late 19th Century British Baroque Antique Australia - Decorative Objects

Materials

Bronze

Jasperware Portrait Medallion, Marc Antony, Wedgwood, circa 1778
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
An important early portrait medallion of Marc Antony in plain white jasper, probably predating the invention of the ‘dip’ process, which is why it i...
Category

Late 18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Australia - Decorative Objects

Materials

Stoneware

Midcentury Ruscha Large Bull, West Germany
By Ruscha
Located in Pymble, NSW
A rare 1960s Ruscha large bull with the 'Vulkano' glaze, unmarked, West Germany. The glaze was devised by Otto Gerharz in 1959. A very appealing and tactile...
Category

Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Australia - Decorative Objects

Materials

Ceramic

Figure, Sportsman Toper, Bow Porcelain Factory, circa 1751
By Bow Porcelain
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Probably an early prototype, the largely open base showing an apparently unique structure described by Watney as ‘a favourite primitive buttressed by a strong overall cone-shape and further strengthened by a cut-out additional layer inside the base in the manner of pastry making.’ (Freeman Collection, Forward, 1982). Toper is an old English word for a drunk. Annulet Mark. Prov: Taylor Coll, Albert Amor...
Category

Mid-18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Australia - Decorative Objects

Materials

Porcelain

Mid-Century Modern Italian Black and Purple Murano Glass Candle Holders, 1960s
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
Beautiful set of two thick Murano glass candle holders in black purple reflections colors. Both still in perfect condition.   
Category

1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Australia - Decorative Objects

Materials

Murano Glass

Figure 'Scapino, ' from the Commedia Dell'arte, Bow Porcelain, circa 1751
By Bow Porcelain
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Scappino, or Scapin, a zany (zanni) character from the commedia dell'arte: a buffoon, schemer and scoundrel, and the title character in Molière's Les Fourberies de Scapin, first staged in 1671. The Bow figure shows him standing to right against a tree stump, right leg forward; right arm concealed in a tabarro (cape), and a mask in his left hand. He wears a white doublet, gilt frogged in the Hungarian manner, neck ruff, pale yellow-washed breeches above buckled shoes; a pouch on a red-brown strap and a dagger in a scabbard at the waist. Low square plinth base washed in typical pale Bow ‘lettuce’ green. No discernible translucency. H. 5.0 in (12.6 cm). Provenance: Taylor Collection; Simon Spero London, 2008; the Faith and Dewayne Perry Collection. The Scapino figure was presumably based on the Meissen modelled 1743-45 by Peter Reinicke, assisted by Käendler, and from the series produced for Johann Adlf II, Duke of Weissenfels, after an engraving by Francois Joullain (1662-1753) for Riccobin’s Historie du Théatre Italien, 1728. The modelling and features of the Bow figure suggest the work of the ‘Muses Modeller’, and the pallete, gilding and detail are also those of the muses modeller figures. This figure illustrated Bradshaw, 1992, as circa 1753, Plate 10 (A12), p.64. Scapino is depicted musically in William...
Category

Mid-18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Australia - Decorative Objects

Materials

Porcelain

Figure of Pointing Boy by Bow Porcelain Factory, circa 1751
By Bow Porcelain
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Presumably based on the work of the Flemish sculptor François Duquesnoy (1597-1643), also known as Il Fiammingo. A small series of Chelsea figures from the late 1740s was also ba...
Category

Mid-18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Australia - Decorative Objects

Materials

Porcelain

19th Century Copeland Parian Statue, 'Storm' by William Brodie, circa 1858
By Copeland Spode
Located in Pymble, NSW
A Copeland [Spode] parian statue from a model by William Brodie, ARSA. SC, designed in 1858, fully stamped as shown. 'STORM' is stamped in a cartouche on...
Category

1850s English Early Victorian Antique Australia - Decorative Objects

Materials

Porcelain

Figure: David Garrick and the Shoeshine Boy, Bow Porcelain, circa 1751
By Bow Porcelain
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A fashionably dressed gentleman, almost certainly the actor David Garrick: he wears a white frockcoat, pink waistcoat and red breeches, all with embroide...
Category

Late 18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Australia - Decorative Objects

Materials

Porcelain

Pair of Yellow Ground Vases, Chamberlain Worcester, circa 1805
By Chamberlains Worcester
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A rare pair of yellow-ground vases or jardinières, with reserves of exquisite flower-painting or a quality seen only during this period.
Category

Early 19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Australia - Decorative Objects

Materials

Porcelain

Kitty Clive Figure
By Bow Porcelain
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
One of Bow's theatrical figures. The actress Mrs Catherine (Kitty) Clive, 1711-1785, as Mrs Riot, the Fine Lady, introduced, with The Fine Gentleman, into David Garrick...
Category

Mid-18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Australia - Decorative Objects

Materials

Porcelain

French Gilt Bronze and Rouge Marble Mantel Clock, Charpentier, Paris, circa 1880
By Charpentier et Cie
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A beautiful 19th century Aesthetic style Charpentier gilt bronze and rouge marble French mantel clock of outstanding quality, circa 1880. The marbl...
Category

1880s French Antique Australia - Decorative Objects

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Art Nouveau Gourd Vase, Wedgwood, circa 1905
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A rare example of Wedgwood’s excursion into Art Nouveau, in the form of a gourd shaped vase decorated with butterflies, designed by Courtney Lindsay in 1901. Exhibited: Wedgwood, Ma...
Category

Early 20th Century English Art Nouveau Australia - Decorative Objects

Materials

Earthenware

19th Century Georgian Sewing Box
Located in Pymble, NSW
A good shaped sewing box of tooled leather with finely cast brass fittings. Stands on lion's paw feet. The leather is a deep burgundy colour with some minor chipping to corners. The ...
Category

1810s British George III Antique Australia - Decorative Objects

Materials

Leather, Wood

Mid-Century Modern Italian Elephant Sculpture Silver Plated and Marble, 1960s
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
Sculpture of elephant silver plated and marble base, also can be used as holder for things like jewellery or keys, perfect for a sideboard or as decora...
Category

1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Australia - Decorative Objects

Materials

Marble, Silver Plate

Tragic Couple Antony and Cleopatra, Creamware, Ralph & Enoch Wood, circa 1780
By Ralph Wood Pottery
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Cleopatra and Mark Antony, in enamelled creamware. After a model by Ralph and Enoch Wood, and quite likely made by this important partnership. The figur...
Category

Late 18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Australia - Decorative Objects

Materials

Creamware

Figure of The Vintner's Companion, Bow Porcelain Factory, circa 1748
By Bow Porcelain
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Moulded in a dense body in typical muses modeller style and with slightly drab glaze. She stands by a fruiting vinestock and carries an open basket of grapes in her right hand, her e...
Category

Mid-18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Australia - Decorative Objects

Materials

Porcelain

Doctor, from the Commedia Dell'arte, Bow Porcelain, circa 1752
By Bow Porcelain
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Il Dottore from the Commedia dell’Arte, in the white. He stands in an histrionic pose against a tree stump and wears a high brimmed hat (presumably a black academic bonnet), long-buttoned coat over frilled cuffs, falling jabeaux, breeches, boots and a cloak; his right hand on hip, his left arm and hand raised. Slightly grey-white porcelain; even, unctuous glaze. Straw translucency. Underside wiped; air hole at centre. Square hole at rear for mount. Measure: H 6.3 in (16 cm). Provenance: Taylor Collection, from Stockspring Antiques, London, 1998. The Miss G...
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Late 18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Australia - Decorative Objects

Materials

Porcelain

Japanese Bizen Pottery Mizusashi with Mottled Glaze and Black Lacquer Lid
By Fujiwara Rakuzan
Located in Prahran, Victoria
This elegant water jar for tea ceremony (Mizusashi), from the Okayama prefecture of Japan features striking mottled tones of grey and rust which are the result of charcoal ash staini...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Australia - Decorative Objects

Materials

Pottery, Lacquer

Garniture, Jabberwocky Pattern, Worcester, circa 1765
By 1st Period Worcester Dr. Wall
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
An assembled set of three vases in the scarce Jabberwocky pattern, on a scale blue background.
Category

Mid-18th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Australia - Decorative Objects

Materials

Porcelain

Harlequin and Columbine Dancing, Chelsea, circa 1755
By Chelsea Porcelain
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
One of the best: Harlequin & Columbine Dancing, after the Meissen figure, from the series of characters from the Commedia dell'Arte.  
Category

Mid-18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Australia - Decorative Objects

Materials

Porcelain

Pair of Itinerant Ballad Singer figures. Bow porcelain C1748
By Bow Porcelain
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Flemish man and wife, in the white. He wears an open coat, waistcoat, breeches and tricorn hat, and plays a hurdy-gurdy. She wears a sleeved dress, long apron and linen cap and carri...
Category

1740s English Neoclassical Antique Australia - Decorative Objects

Materials

Porcelain

Pair of Black Glass Sphinxes, Molineaux & Webb, circa 1875
By Molineaux & Webb
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A pair of sphinxes in black glass. Little is known of this Manchester glassworks, but they had a very successful line in neoclassical pieces of which these are a fine example.  
Category

1870s English Neoclassical Revival Antique Australia - Decorative Objects

Materials

Glass

Large Bust of the Pieta, Ralph Wood Jr, circa 1790
By Ralph Wood Pottery
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A large and impressive bust, taken from Michelangelo’s Pietà. Creamware, modelled and made by Ralph Wood, with enamelling.
Category

Late 18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Australia - Decorative Objects

Materials

Earthenware

WMF Pair of Flower Vases, circa 1906 Germany
By WMF Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik
Located in Pymble, NSW
A pair of WMF [Wurttembergische Metallwarenfabrik] flower vases decorated with a fisherman and fisherwoman with children. Silver plated pewter and high relief decoration. The vases h...
Category

Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Australia - Decorative Objects

Materials

Pewter, Silver Plate

Pair of Lions. Bow Porcelain C1750
By Bow Porcelain
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
An attractive pair of lions, in the white; possibly based on a Chinese original.
Category

Mid-18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Australia - Decorative Objects

Materials

Porcelain

Rare Buddhist Carved Base for a Statue, Edo Period, 17th Century
Located in Prahran, Victoria
Rare and unusual hexagonal Buddhist base for a statue with a recumbent shi-shi (guardian lion dog), gilded and carved with inset glass eyes and painted with mineral pigments. Most likely the base to a sculpture of Monju Bosatsu...
Category

Mid-17th Century Japanese Edo Antique Australia - Decorative Objects

Materials

Wood

Veronese Vase by Vittorio Zecchini for Venini 1921
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
Blown for the first time in 1921, thanks to the intuition of the art director of Venini 1921-1925: the painter Vittorio Zecchin. A 1580 painting by Paolo Veronese " Annunciation " in...
Category

2010s Italian Australia - Decorative Objects

Materials

Murano Glass

Bust of Mercury in Black Basalt. Wedgwood C1820.
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Wedgwood produced a very successful line of Library Busts, of which Minerva and Mercury were the longest in production, running right up into the 20th century - they make a good pair...
Category

Early 19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Australia - Decorative Objects

Materials

Stoneware

Bust of Minverva in Black Basalt. Wedgwood C1880.
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Wedgwood produced a very successful line of Library Busts, of which Minerva and Mercury were the longest in production, running right up into the 20th century - they make a good pair...
Category

Late 19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Australia - Decorative Objects

Materials

Stoneware

Mid-Century Bullicante Murano Vase by Toso, Italy, 1940s Signed Toso Murano
Located in PRESTON, AU
Original and rare vintage Murano vase by Toso Murano. The ribbed crystal clear glass with gold flecks is dotted with ‘Bullicante’ bubbles. The 'Morise' ribbed decorations have gold f...
Category

Mid-20th Century Australia - Decorative Objects

Materials

Murano Glass

Basalt Portrait Medallion, Tiberius Augustus, Wedgwood, circa 1775
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A fine large self-framing portrait medallion of the Emperor Tiberius Augustus, second emperor of Rome. Unmarked, as were many of these medallions.
Category

Late 18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Australia - Decorative Objects

Materials

Stoneware

Daum, Nancy - Coupe 'Ophrys Abeille'. Enamelled Cameo Glass Bowl
By Daum
Located in South Gippsland, Victoria
A fine and rare pate de verre cameo glass bowl with a lobed rim. The mottled white ground graduating to a vitrified powdered violet and featuring cameo engraved and polychrome enamel...
Category

Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Australia - Decorative Objects

Materials

Art Glass

Japanese Bronze Vase From Takaoka
Located in Prahran, Victoria
A vintage, Japanese bronze vase from Takaoka. Takaoka is a city on the main island of Honshu. While bronze work originated in China, Japanese artisans have developed an array of tech...
Category

1960s Japanese Vintage Australia - Decorative Objects

Materials

Bronze

Bitossi Blue Lion Glazed Ceramic by Alvino Bagni
By Bitossi, Alvino Bagni
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
Large Bitossi lion by the famous Alvino Bagni. Alvino Bagni (1919–2000) was an Italian ceramic artist known for his exquisite work in pottery and ceramic...
Category

1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Australia - Decorative Objects

Materials

Ceramic

Bitossi Rimini Blue Large Vase
By Bitossi
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
Bitossi is a renowned Italian ceramics company that has been producing high-quality pottery for over 150 years. Bitossi's ceramics are known for their craftsmanship, unique designs, and vibrant colors. The Bitossi Rimini Blue vase...
Category

1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Australia - Decorative Objects

Materials

Ceramic

Hermès Pair of Porcelain Trinket or Cufflink Trays
By Hermès
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
A striking pair of Hermès porcelain trinket or cufflink trays, one pink and one green, with intricate geometric detailing on each, and matching velvet color on each of the bottom tri...
Category

20th Century French Australia - Decorative Objects

Materials

Porcelain, Velvet

Pair of French Empire Style Bronze Candlestick Holders
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
An attractive and very smart pair of French Empire style bronze candlesticks. Their compact size would have made them ideal for travelling. Circular bases, with concentric ring decor...
Category

Early 19th Century French Antique Australia - Decorative Objects

Materials

Bronze

19th Century Pair of French Turquoise-Blue Opaline Glass Vases
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
These striking ornate vases, crafted in vibrant turquoise blue opaline and believed to date back to approximately 1870 during the Napoléon III era, exude timeless elegance. Although ...
Category

19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Australia - Decorative Objects

Materials

Opaline Glass

Longwy French Blue Enamel Starfish Decorated Vase
By Faïenceries et Emaux de Longwy
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
An unusual Longwy enamel decorated vase, in the characteristic colour ‘bleu de Longwy’, and featuring a finely crackled golden starfish splayed over its surface. The Longwy earthenwa...
Category

Early 20th Century French Australia - Decorative Objects

Materials

Enamel

Sèvres Pair of Gilded and Blue Porcelain Vases, 19th Century
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
A beautiful pair of hand-painted Charles X Sèvres porcelain vases, painted in classical blue, with fleur-de-lis on the neck, gilded handles and pearl decoration. The front scenes dep...
Category

19th Century French Charles X Antique Australia - Decorative Objects

Materials

Porcelain

Decorative Italian Ceramic Box by Volpi Deruta
By Deruta
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
Volpi Deruta Italian decorative small box, it has a small chip at the bottom please refer to photos.
Category

1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Australia - Decorative Objects

Materials

Ceramic

Vintage French Cobalt-Blue Crystal Overlay Footed Vase
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
An attractive cobalt-blue crystal overlay footed urn vase, hand-blown and cut, and painted with enamel flower motifs and intricate gold trimming. This Bohemian-style vase would be a marvellous addition to a vintage bedroom décor, or on an ornate dresser.
Category

20th Century French Australia - Decorative Objects

Materials

Crystal

French 19th Century Opaline Glass Bowl with Pedestal
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
A stunning white opaline 'Bulle de Savon' pedestal bowl, with gilt bronze rim and edging. This magnificent Charles X period glass bowl is manufactured from delicate opaline, a decora...
Category

19th Century French Charles X Antique Australia - Decorative Objects

Materials

Bronze

Pair of French Antique Tiny Red Overlay Crystal Vases
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
A lovely matching pair of 19th century cut crystal vases in red overlay, cut to clear, attributed to Saint Louis. Each vase has an intricately cut starburst design hand-cut into the ...
Category

19th Century French Antique Australia - Decorative Objects

Materials

Crystal

Abraham Palatnik Brazil Lucite Colored Duck, circa 1970
By Abraham Palatnik
Located in Pymble, NSW
A large multicolored duck in excellent condition.
Category

1970s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Australia - Decorative Objects

Materials

Lucite

Pastille Burner on Dolphin Supports in Rosso Antico, Wedgwood, circa 1810
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
In rosso antico with black decoration. Complete with lid and inner pastille stand. Extremely rare mark, probably associated with trials of a new pyrometer or kiln.
Category

Early 19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Australia - Decorative Objects

Materials

Stoneware

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